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Merlin: My lord, I have come to confess my crimes. I accidentally stepped on Aithusa's tail and made her whimper.
Arthur: Merlin, we talked about this-
Merlin, sobbing: Skip the stocks, just throw me in the dungeon, sire!
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seaweed-is-cool · 7 months
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i love aithusa with all my heart she's just a little baby dragon and she deserved better than what the show gave to her
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dcxdpdabbles · 3 months
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DCxDP Fic Idea: The Contact, the Butler and the Sly Time Lord
Martha accidentally engaged Bruce to a higher being when he was two.
It sounds terrible, but she hadn't thought that the man wearing the Time ghost costume at her husband's Halloween Gala wasn't wearing a costume and was actually the physical embodiment of Time.
She just thought he took Halloween very seriously.
Mr. Clockwork was charming and didn't care that she had married from the lower level of first class. Her parents were rich, of course, but they weren't old money, and they certainly didn't have a lot of power to speak of.
Because of that, the elites of Gotham thought she wasn't good enough to be in a family such as the Waynes. It was so lovely not to be dragged into conversations that were thinly concealed insults.
Everyone else at the Gala thought Martha had no right to be there with them. Why was she just a few zeros off from being middle class, and wasn't it just so sad that Thomas would stain his family with her?
Secertly, Martha prayed Bruce would do something wild, like marry a girl from Crime Alley or even adopt kids in lower classes to make them all choke on their pearls.
Her son would be one of the most powerful men in a few years, and she couldn't wait to see what kind of hell he would unleash upon them. She would never push, of course, but it would be a nice fantasy to have every time she had to face passive-aggressive comments from ladies told by their fathers they would be a far better Mrs. Wyane.
" Why, hello there. Aren't you the cutest little thing?" Mr. Clockwork coos, smiling down at Bruce. He clung to his mother's skirt, his matching cowboy costume a miniature version of what she was wearing.
The boy had wandered over in the middle of their conversation once he was bored of coloring at his table. Martha couldn't blame her poor baby. There really wasn't much to do for those his age here.
Thomas had stated that children were usually not brought along due to being loud and distracting.
Martha wouldn't hear any of it, insisting her son would be going with them at the party or there would be no party. The majority of the elites believed children should be seen, not heard, and that boiled her blood something fierce.
Thomas had thankfully known when to pick his battles, so he allowed his wife to drag him to a costume store for a family costume to wear. He currently chatting with a group of investors in all his cowboy glory somewhere on the other side of the gala.
"Say thank you, Bruce," She tells her boy, but he only hides his face more, causing the two adults to chuckle. "Do you have kids, Mr.Clockwork?"
"Yes. Two daughters and a son" The man chuckles "All three are a handleful but I love them dearly."
"Oh, how wonderful. Bruce is my only son, but I want to give him siblings," she tells him warmly. She can picture Bruce chasing after his younger siblings dressed up as the Grey Ghost he loves.
She knows Thomas was worried about their chances of having a second child. He was informed not too long ago that he may suffer from secondary infertility. She didn't mind. If they couldn't have a child of their own by blood they could easily adopt.
Martha worked long and hard to provide good orphanages to the city. Maybe one day, a child from there could be her own. She'll have to speak to her orphanage managers- those in charge of the kids- to see if they could help her find one.
They have successfully been getting kids into good homes (At least she thought the number of children constantly changed, and the kids were never seen again, meaning the families that adopted them loved them enough to never return!)
Mr. Clockwork hums "how about giving him a spouse instead? My girls or boy could be a good partner"
Laughing, she assumes he meant her work on bettering the lives of the gay community- in honor of her brother who passed during the AIDs epidemic. "I'm sure Bruce would be happy to hear Mommy found him a husband."
"Is that a yes?" Clockwork eyes' flashed with an emotion that was gone too quick for her to identify.
"Yes, of course. If that is what they both want, I wouldn't mind their marriage at all."
Mr. Clockworks red eyes - contacts? A medical condition?- gleam, and his voice takes on a strange rhythm. "Then so shall it be, my son Danny Fenton shall be married to Bruce Wayne per their Blood Mother and Core Father deal."
Huh. Maybe Mr. Clockwork is a nutcase. Suddenly, she thinks back to her father, who would often tell her that she lived in a delusion because he did not want her to see the horror that Gotham truly is.
Even when you think you're doing good, Gotham has a way of making your work into nightmares.
Was Mr. Clockwork one of those people he warned her about?
Thankfully, he leaves not long after that. He claims he must return to work before his co-workers notice him gone. She doesn't see him for the rest of the night and half wonders if she had been speaking to one of the wait staff they hired as extra help.
Not that she minded, but it made her think his name might not even be Clockwork.
She tells Thomas the story hours after Bruce is put to bed with a candy bucket and the last guests have all slipped home. Thomas is exhausted, having been playing host longer than her because Martha had left around eight to take Bruce trick and treating. Then she got home and put him down for his bedtime.
She got back to the party around eleven but it was a much-needed break from all the hostility that Thomas had been forced to face alone.
"WHAT!?" Thomas booms when she finishes the story. They had just crawled into bed, and Thomas had been rolling to his side for sleep before her words flung him back. "Clockwork!? You're sure you spoke to Clockwork!?"
"Yes, I'm sure."
"What did he look like?"
"Um well he was in costume, but red eyes, blue skin, and he was wearing purple robes." She watches as the blood drains from her husband's face. "What is it darling? Who was he?"
"Oh, this isn't good....Alfred! Alfred!" Thomas frantically calls as if the devil had appeared in their bedroom.
Their servant and sometimes lover comes racing into the room, carrying a loaded shotgun. Ever since Thomas had met him overseas when he hired the British man as a personal bodyguard, he fell hard and fast for Alfred but he still deeply loved Martha.
He had sent Martha a letter detailing his feelings for his guard, and only after she had given him permission did he pursue the butler. Alfred had insisted on meeting Thomas' wife to prove that she was okay with him having a lover, so he had followed Wayne back home.
Then he simply never left.
Maybe because he was the best butler Wayne ever had, with his regal training and service in her royal highness' army, but she thinks that her own developed feelings for Alfred convince him to remain.
Alfred insisted that he was only a servant and thus could not be added to their marriage besides a bed partner occasionally. Still, Martha hoped one day they could convince him otherwise.
Bruce already saw him as a second father.
He looks at the pair, dressed in their nightwear in a rather enticing position (Thomas had grabbed Martha by her shoulder, to look into her eyes but that left them rather entangled on the bed) with no visible threat, and raises one brow.
Before he can say anything Thomas is all but rolling out of bed in a frantic leap. He tangles up in the blankets, falling gracelessly over the edge in failing limbs "Martha made a deal with Clockwork!"
At once, Alfred's handsome face drains of blood. "Oh dear, Martha darling, you made a grave mistake."
She can only blink at the men in confusion. "Who is Clockwork?"
"He has many names, but I knew him as Merlin," Alfred informed her evenly. He took her hand in his, the tremble in his fingers revealing his unease. " He had shown interest in Master Thomas before and was the one I protected him from. I barely fought him off and only due to outsmarting him. I would not be able to do it again a second time."
What?
"He is also known as a Fae or incubus in some circles. The kind that steals you away for fun." Thomas babbled from where he was pacing next to the bed, eyes franticly glancing about as if the bogggie man was about to leap out at him from the shadows.
For a moment, Martha wondered why her husband, a man of science and medicine who had never been superstitious, believed this Clockwork was some...some creature of myths.
"Martha, love, what did he ask of you?" Alfred questioned, bringing her hand to his lips as though kissing them would confirm she was safe before him.
"He asked for Bruce to marry his son."
"Oh, gods!" Thomas fretted, speeding up, his long strides becoming far more frantic. "Please say you didn't say yes."
"I-thought it was a joke, I didn't see anything wrong with it, I- said yes."
Alfred closed his eyes, looking like a man who had just been informed his death sentence had been signed by the Queen. "Then all we can do now is pray."
Years later, as Alfred is dusting the portrait of his deceased loves. He allowed his hand to trace the cover of Martha's painted smile and Thomas' strong jaw, mind filled with stolen kisses and sweet nothings that were ripped away that fateful night.
He is still struck by their loss. Every now and then, the knowledge of their death creeps in during his most mundane activities. It's like a kick to the chest every time.
Oh, how he misses them.
Ding Dong
The front doorbell jolts him out of his memories so violently it takes the aged Butler a moment or two to get a hold of his senses. He puts down the duster, climbs down the latter, and quickly makes his way to the door.
Stopping to fix his suit coat, he throws it open with a prepared smile. He expects extra help from the catering company Master Bruce hired for Wayne's annual Halloween Gala.
He was not expecting the two men, one looking nervous around Master Bruce's age and the other sly. His age is hard to gauge, but it may be due to time not affecting him as it did mortals.
Alfred's blood freezes at the sight of those cunning red eyes and smirk. "Merlin."
"Alfred Pennyworth." The demon chuckles. "I prefer Clockwork, as you know, but it's good to see you remember me. Most humans are prone to forgetting in their limited age."
"What are you doing here?"
"Why I came to fulfill the deal between Martha Wayne nee Kane and I"
"Martha is dead. Your contact is void."
Clockwork chuckles again, the sound as deadly as poison. "The contact lives as long as all those involved in it live. You know this."
Alfred presses the panic button on his wristwatch, knowing it sends a message to everyone in the manor to evacuate immediately. He will not live through this battle, but hopefully, it will give Master Bruce time to escape. "You will not lay a hand on Master Bruce."
"Come now, Alfred. We are to be in-laws. Our sons are joining in holy matrimony. Why the hostility-"
"Excuse me what?" The other man-demon? Ghost? Higher-being? cuts in, looking at Clockwork with brows knitted into a frown. "What did you mean holy matrimony?"
"Danny, you're getting married," Clockwork says with a cheerful wave.
"The hell I am!" The man barks, flushing red with anger. Alfred can hardly believe he just yelled at the monster. "I am not marrying some random guy!"
"It is the way things must go for the good of mankind-"
"Oh, go suck on a lemon! We both know that whole "this is fate" is bull!"
"You are embarrassing me in front of our new in-laws, younn man" Clockwork actually waves a finger at the fully grown human. "This is my one chance to marry you off to a good man. We both know that you can't attract a mate on your own."
"What!? Yes, I can! I've had girlfriends and boyfriends before!"
"And yet, no spouse! No wedding! Not even a ring!"
"Moby Dick, I knew this bonding fishing trip was a lie! You can't make me get married because of some contact you made when I was three!"
"It's not permanent! Martha Wayne said If that is what they both want, I wouldn't mind their marriage at all. This means you both must want to be together after one year of marriage. See if you like it, and if you don't, I can always find you a new husband."
"This isn't returning a jacket to a store! I can't just see if I like being married Clockwork!" The man hissed running a hand through his hair. "We're going home. I'm so sorry for bothering you today Mr. Alfred."
Alfred blinks at the young man's sheepish smile, wondering if ti's a trick. "No bother at all."
"Danny, if you leave without marriage, Bruce Wayne will die in an hour due to breaking our contract," Clockwork says, crossing his arms. "Honestly, your sisters were far more mature regarding their marriages."
Danny punches him in the face with a glowing hand. The higher being falls like a sack of bricks.
"Right, I'm going to drop this one off at a nursing home, and then I'll return to marry Bruce. Only so the contact doesn't kill him, and I swear I'll only visit every once in a while until our year is up." Throwing- Merlin, holy shit- over his shoulder as if though he weighed nothing, Danny waves at Alfred and scurries away, vanishing into a green portal.
Alfred is left standing at the doorway, utterly flabbergasted. Distantly, he wonders if the hollowing wind is actually Martha laughing herself silly in the afterlife.
Carefully, he reaches up for his com, switching it on to the sound of his family's frantic bickering. They were all worried about him since he sent the alarm and were fighting about following policy or saving him.
"Master Bruce," He says faintly silencing the coms "Please come to have your suit fitted as soon as you can."
"What for?" His son asks, likely looking for a coded message, but Alfred doesn't have the mental capacity to make one.
"Your wedding, sir. It's tonight, courtesy of your mother."
The coms explode into chaos.
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theeluisifer · 2 months
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When fighting a wizard, always use a gun. Because bullets, it turns out, are faster than the speed of Latin.
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earlgreyinpajamas · 11 months
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could you give us some Merlin magic reveal fics?
1. Deep In My Heart I'm Concealing by Cithara (@citharaposts)
Navigating life events that turn his world upside down, including his ascension to the throne and a revelation that rocks him to his core, Arthur's ever-evolving relationship with Merlin becomes the most important of his life. No one ever said love was easy.
“I would die before I hurt you,” Arthur said, his voice strangled. “I would kill anyone who ever tried to do you harm and it pains me to think that you could ever fear me.” “I don’t understand,” Merlin said breathlessly. “You’re the king, you – ” “I’m not standing here as a king, Merlin!” Arthur shouted, his voice breaking as he did so. “I’m standing here as a man, a man who believed he knew you completely, a man who thought you were the one constant in his life, a man who thought…who thought you were his,” he finished, horrified to feel tears pricking his eyes.
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the emotional damage i sustained post magic reveal–
2. That Which Calls to the Soul by Imagined (@burglarhobbit)
“I don’t want him as my soulmate,” Arthur complains. “He was rude, and he’s magic, and he’s old and quite frankly, I think he’s insane and—”
“And he’s not Merlin?” Morgana asks, crossing her arms.
“Shut up, Morgana,” Arthur says heatedly, feeling the flush settle awkwardly in his cheeks. “Merlin isn’t my soulmate, so there’s clearly something severely wrong with him, and I just haven’t figured out what it is yet.”
Or: It turns out that Arthur's soulmate Emrys is a dodgery old sorcerer. No one is happy about this, least of all Arthur, who has to come to terms with the facts that he's bound to someone with magic and that his inconvenient attraction to Merlin won't lead to anything at all.
So he thinks, anyway.
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dasfjdslk i cackled
3. How to Spoil Your Dragon by remaymber
A story about the time when Merlin and Arthur both start taking care of a small dragon in the vaults and don't tell each other about it. Chaos and a very spoiled dragon are ensured.
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dragon dading + magic reveal? yes
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vi-visected · 1 year
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au(?) where since merlin is a dragonlord and the dragons follow his command they’re also slightly attuned to his feelings and in the process of raising aithusa not only does she imprint on him but since she’s so impressionable she also winds up possessively attached to arthur in an emulation of how merlin feels about him
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bellamyblakru · 1 year
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bro the way merlin’s go-to way to show the people he loves how magic can be beautiful is with fire manipulation,,, im unwell.
#ashley rambles#merlin#bbc merlin#first with freya and the candles#and then arthur with the dragon#both times it ended with death. like how could this kid not associate showing magic equaling dying in his arms. every fucking time he felt#safe enough to show this side they ALL DIE. WILL. HIS DAD. LANCELOT. FREYA. LANCE AGAIN. ARTHUR. THAT ONE DRUID LADY THAT WAS CHILL#also not to mention how ironic it is that fire was his choice when thats the very thing he was taught to fear. everyone he loved also burned#in situations he no doubt blamed himself for. like will died saving arthur and merlin couldnt save him with magic bc of said prince#merlin could only watch as freya died in his arms sobbing that she felt so loved#lance died for him so he didnt sacrifice himself. merlin was more important than anything to lance and he proved it. merlin watched helpless#as lance decided to take his own life and he was powerless to stop him. to tell him goodbye. to tell him he needed him around#i made a post long ago where i said it was ironic fics make merlin afraid of the pyre when he was one of the few not burned in the end#AND ARTHUR. god. a dragon made of flame?? are you kidding?? can u be more symbolic pls. two of them shown in one simple effortless move#fire was probably a comfort to merlin. its real tangible proof of something being created out of nothing.#it burns and it destroys but it also provides a light in the dark. warmth in the cold.#just like magic. just like him. he can hurt others and himself but he also is such a brilliant light to the world. he is sunshine#and butterflies but he is also the storm needed to understand just how lovely the good is#why am i talking bye
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tiodolma · 1 year
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i can't believe that Kilgharrah and Gaius were technically Merlin's uncles on both his Father's and Mother's sides.
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More Merlin Crossover
So I decided that the reason Arthur and co are there is to negotiate a trade route through Kippernium.
Naturally Magnus tries to take this chance to line his own pockets. Here's a blurb
As Gunthur passed the guest chamber, he heard his father’s voice from under the door. “-fear you are being too generous, My Liege.” “Oh?” “Kippernium is a small, humble kingdom. I fear that despite your highness's great generosity, King Carradoc will be unable to uphold his promises.” Gunthur felt his gut turn to ice. No. Nonononono no. No. Father, what have you just done? “Such as?” “I am well acquainted with the royal coffers, I know for a fact that there’s scarcely enough for road supplies, let alone laborers to put them to use. If I may, my merchants regularly travel from one kingdom to another and would be honored to do business with such an esteemed land as Camelot. Kippernium lacks the resources to patrol every parcel of land. I, of course, know very well routes that would escape the notice of…bandits.” His father was selling out their kingdom. Gunther would be cast out when such treachery was discovered. No one would want to support him once his father was too disgraced to do so, it wasn’t as if he’d spent his time in the castle making friends- “I see. I hadn’t realized the financial situation here was so dire.” “Our King is rather, tender-hearted. He has yet to raise the taxes these past five years for consideration of the hardship endured by the common man. Kind, yes, but perhaps, not what a merchant would think to do.” Our King is weak and foolish. That’s what he was saying. “I am grateful for a closer look into King Caradoc’s character.” Gunther was going to be sick. “I’m overjoyed to have been of service. I believe an arrangement between my people and yours could be very profitable-” Gunther could practically see his father’s black eyes gleaming. Everyone always told him he had his father’s eyes. That used to make him proud. “However, I endeavor to be a fair and just King. I believe that an alliance between Camelot and Kippernium will be profitable for both our peoples. I came here for this purpose and this purpose alone.” Oh. Of course an honorable man, a king who had also sworn to uphold the knight’s code of chivalry, would never stoop to backroom dealings. Kippernuim, at least, would be safe.
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maleficarlife · 1 year
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Bioware releasing items pack for mages in DA2 be like
Bioware: Here is your dad old staff with andraste nude on it! And his old mercenary robes and even the old orlesian outfit he wore at a ball when he slipped in to see your mom! Isn't it sweet how all those family items stayed in your cantina up to now?
Also Bioware: Oh and here we also have Freedom's Promise, a staff that once belonged to a legendary mage advisor of Calenhad The Great. How your dad has it? F if we know!
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alwayseatsoggyweetbix · 4 months
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I love Merlin fanfics that are like:
"To pass through this cave you must say your full name and titles!"
So the knights and Arthur all go through while merlin is internally panicking about having to say allllll those titles. And the whole revealing magic thing as well, yeah.
i imagine it goign something like
"I am Merlin."
"Your title please?"
"Servant of Camelot?"
"And?"
"Merlin of Ealdor..?
"AND?"
"Son of Hunnith?"
"Are you even trying?"
"...Yes?"
"That's not even both your parents!"
"I don't know my dad."
"Yes you do."
"Nope."
"Yes."
"Nuh uh."
"I can tell when your'e lying!"
"FINE! Son of Balinor!"
"Now we're getting somewhere! And what would that make you?"
"The Last Dragon Lord."
"Now the rest of them!"
heavy sigh
"Emrys, Most Powerful Warlock, Protecter Of Arthur Pendragon, Guardian of the Once and Future King, King of the druids, magic incarnate- ect ect
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Merlin: *sees Aithusa misbehaving and scoops her up* This is a disciplinary hug, don't be happy about it.
Aithusa: *snuggles closer* *pleased dragon chirps*
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wishiwasadruid · 5 months
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I finally fulfilled my dream of buying one of the Merlin hardcover books
Let me tell u I have looked for this thing for 3 years with no luck then I tried to have it shipped from Lithuania and New Zealand which clearly didn’t work cause eBay has insane shipping rates
Until a few weeks ago I had to redesign a book cover for any tv series and I obviously made a fairytale version of The dragons Call
Anyway it made me think well I might find the book in pdf format so I googled it and instead I found the book in a warehouse site barely 200 kms away and lo and behold I got that thing for less than a order of fries. I am sobbing. 😭 my dad is looking at me like I’m insane (he’s probably right)
Now It has finally arrived. My precious.
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Also the iconic knee walking page 🤌🏻
Lemme know if anyone wants me to post pics of a specific page or something
In fact if this was legal (I’m not exactly doing it for profit unless you count better fics) I would’ve converted the book into a pdf and posted it on here but it’s probably not so 🥲
Anyway hit me up I’ll be glad to get you guys the thing on pdf if you want
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achillesuwu · 1 year
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I saw a wonderful post with 1500 yo merlin that time travel back to Camelot & he hates the fact that there is no coffee, no plumbing,...
But
Hear me out.
Merlin and post return Arthur that BOTH came back to Camelot but it's Arthur that HATES it
Arthur that lived for 30 years in the modern world & got used to it (but at the same time not totally because Merlin is an old man and his home look a lot like your grandpa's home if your grandpa was 1500 yo if you see what I mean. )
Arthur that simply can not live without his morning coffee and simply hates the fact that Merlin doesn't need it (the peak of being a warlock)
Arthur that got used to live in a magical house that was 100% rats-free (except for that two 150 years old pet rats that Merlin keeps, don't ask him. Arthur stopped asking questions about sorcerer and their familiars when Merlin's Owl began to speak. It's rats free where it matter aka NOT in his (their) bed) AND kind of half alive magical house (what do you mean he has to GET UP and ASK to someone to get his warm bath?!)
Arthur that lived his best life with 0 responsibility (except one or two magical quest here and there & the need to feed merlin's (their but Arthur has a dad-getting-a-pet-he-didn't-want behaviour about it) dragons) with his immortal bf/husband/he-is-half-of-my-soul-as-the-poets-say and now has to share his home with other people AND with assholes, spies, assassin's,... Lurking everywhere
Arthur that now understand why Merlin hates it so much when someone think he is a 20 something years old and why he never left the house without his old man/60 years old appearance
Basically Arthur at first being like "it's so nostalgic :D" then "Merlin, I don't care what you do, I want our home back😩... What do you mean we CAN'T!?! I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS?!? "
(this post is somewhat a fellow-up from Merlin actually living for 1500+ years and kind of merlin not looking 20 years old because he is old)
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zalrb · 9 months
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If you have already talked about this, I apologize, but what do you think about this scene ?
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I don't remember the context, but it's quite heartbreaking that Merlin makes it into a joke, knowing fully well there's the possibility of Arthur dying.
Oh yay! A Merthur question! I've referred to it in the past but I haven't spoken it about it specifically. From a previous post:
but this moment:
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I love this moment so much because Arthur is doing his best to be stoic, to show as little concern as possible because as he said in season 2:
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but for one second when he clenches his jaw and sort of inhales, he’s about to break, his emotion is about to overwhelm him and he’s trying to hold it together but Merlin keeps asking to stay by his side, to just be with him and it’s making it hard for him to concentrate on being emotionless so he just ends up bickering with Merlin because he’s worried and upset and scared and can’t Merlin just do what he’s told and get better??
Um, the context is actually pretty loaded because this is the episode Merlin finds Balinor, and obviously Arthur doesn't know that Balinor is Merlin's father just that he's the [apparent] last dragonlord that will help them but Balinor dies so Merlin's going through the emotional rollercoaster of having met his dad for the first time and then losing him pretty immediately afterwards
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with Arthur being there for the whole thing but without knowing what's actually happening. He's focused on the fate of Camelot and so he thinks his only chance of saving his kingdom is gone
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so when we get to the scene, Arthur thinks he's going on kind of a fool's errand riding out to meet Kilgharrah
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and he's actually trying to prepare Merlin for the event of his death
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like you see him think about how Merlin would react to him dying
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and he's asking him not to be sad, don't grieve for me, don't cry for me because he doesn't like the thought of Merlin in pain especially in pain over him and it's this very patient, protective, he's-a-gentle-soul kind of conclusion and reasoning
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and it's not that he wants him to be hardened, he wants him to understand that these things happen and he just wants him to be OK and he communicates that by saying that he tells young knights to move on
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and when Merlin makes that crack, it's sweet because it really just speaks to the intimacy of the moment
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that he tries to deflect by cracking a joke like 'haha, you don't even mean that much to me, bro!'
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"Anyway, let's go fight a dragon together because I'm never leaving your side!"
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which actually begets another vulnerable moment
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that Arthur kind of backs away from because WHOA that's some direct intimacy there, bro
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[after quietly reveling in awe of how brave he finds Merlin just seconds before]
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so, another joke because HAHA WE'RE JUST TWO BROS WHO ARE INTENSELY DEVOTED TO EACH OTHER
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PLAYFUL-THANKS-BRO PUNCH
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These fucking dorks.
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earlgreyinpajamas · 1 year
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merthur fic recs: dragon dads
1. The Secret Life of Dragons by Clea2011
Arthur barely tolerated living with Merlin's pet cat. (Merlin's clearly magical pet cat because how else was it scorching the dining table?).
Even in modern times, the trouble with dating a dragonlord-in-waiting was that sooner or later a dragon was bound to turn up.
In which Aithusa is living her best life and Arthur is in love.
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is arthur a secret dragon fanboy? yes
2. Sun-Bright by queerofthedagger (@queerofthedagger)
“Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I think Aithusa likes me more than you.”  
If anyone had told Merlin five years ago that this would be a sentence coming out of Arthur’s mouth, he would have laughed, if only for the sake of not crying. 
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sajkhfash they are so cute and domestic TT
3. The Curious Case of Aithusa by TyalanganD (@tyalangand)
In hindsight, Merlin should have known that as a dragonlord and a shapeshifter, he was capable of giving birth. After all, all dragons could grow eggs, no matter the gender. And that magical ritual he did right before Arthur took him to bed after his coronation, definitely didn’t help matters.
OR
Aithusa is Merlin and Arthur's child. Quite literally.
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ok, i am aware that mpreg is not everyone’s thing, but like this is literal dragon dadding so there is no way i could have not included it, and also,,, literal dragon dadding is pretty cute?????
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